[国际新闻] 美军黑鹰直升机巴格达被击落

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驻伊美军一架「黑鹰」直升机4月5日在巴格达南部被武装人员击落坠毁，目前还没有人员伤亡报告。
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4 b/ Q! S8 m; l 据中国日报网站消息，伊拉克军方一名匿名官员透露说，这架直升机是当地时间5日早晨7时30分左右在巴格达以南约30公里的拉蒂菲耶遭到袭击，武装人员很明显使用了防空重型机枪。目前还没有伤亡报告，美军已经将现场封锁.
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据悉，拉蒂菲耶位于有「死亡三角区」之称的巴格达南部村镇地带，是逊尼派武装人员的一个据点。& ?- P9 q$ F1 G6 u4 G
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美军直升机最近一次在巴格达失事发生于上个月1日，一架OH-58D「奇欧瓦」(KIOWA)侦察直升机在伊拉克北部「硬着陆」，两名飞行员受伤。此前一个星期，美军另一架「黑鹰」直升机在巴格达北部坠毁。: k9 E7 g, @" E& ]4 h9 a+ a

( h1 N! I" x! `$ P: OU.S. helicopter goes down after coming under fire south of Baghdad: Iraqi army official5.35.249.64( b0 S0 Y  {& I1 G2 w9 c1 o

& c; {1 x4 u6 Z人在德国 社区BAGHDAD: A U.S. helicopter went down after coming under fire Thursday in a Sunni militant stronghold south of Baghdad but there was no immediate word on casualties, an Iraqi army official said. The U.S. military said it was looking into the report.5.35.249.64: V* U2 ^; j$ R! {. Z& M

2 v% W7 u7 D6 ]* c5.35.249.64Gunmen opened fire on a Black Hawk helicopter at about 7:30 a.m. as it flew over Latifiyah, 30 kilometers (20 miles) south of Baghdad, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to release the information.- P  v# q7 d' y& t5 ^

. @) U7 R" Q0 E) D* Y3 {3 d3 {3 B- KThe helicopter went down in a rural area and U.S. forces had cordoned off the site, the official said. He had no information on casualties but said the militants apparently were using anti-aircraft heavy machine gun.2 g) L: v0 C  R4 e
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Latifiyah is part of the area dubbed the Triangle of Death because of frequent insurgent attacks.) t0 d9 v& y# O4 w! Z' _- R7 U/ h

% `7 x$ }4 }& P" T( \The last helicopter incident in Iraq occurred on March 1, when an OH-58 Kiowa helicopter made a "hard landing" in northern Iraq leaving the two crew members wounded. A week earlier, ground fire forced the downing of a Black Hawk north of Baghdad.5.35.249.646 r" i% F8 Z* T: p; ~
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With Thursday's incident, at least nine U.S. helicopters have crashed or been brought down by hostile fire this year in Iraq.